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October 2, 2022
Cockpit of B-2 Spirit
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October 2, 2022
Cockpit of B-2 Spirit
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October 2, 2022
start of making of 16 bombs
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October 2, 2022
16 bombs for B-2 spirit
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October 2, 2022
bombbay and undercarriage bays in paint
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October 2, 2022
adding metallic details for bays
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October 2, 2022
its strange bug 😄
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October 2, 2022
bomb bay with metdetails set
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October 2, 2022
bomb bay with metdetails set
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October 2, 2022
bomb bay with metdetails set
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October 2, 2022
size comparison of B-2 Spirit with MiG-29 and F-16C
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October 2, 2022
painted bombs
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October 5, 2022
Bombs mounted on RLA
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October 5, 2022
Bombs mounted on RLA
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October 5, 2022
completing wheels
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October 5, 2022
added 5gram weight to the front to improve balance
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October 5, 2022
Bottom half of fuselage with gear bays and bomb bay glued into.
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October 5, 2022
Some metallic details on front top
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October 6, 2022
fitting of lower halfs of wings
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October 6, 2022
fitting of upper halfs of wings
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October 6, 2022
upper wing fitment
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October 6, 2022
lower wing fitment
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October 6, 2022
both halfs of aircraft
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October 6, 2022
after fitting of wings model became tailheavy so i added more weight to the front
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October 6, 2022
total added front balance is 20grams
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October 6, 2022
painted wheels
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October 6, 2022
test fitment of upper and lower half together is not bad
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October 6, 2022
painted landing gear (revel satin white over alclad2 chrome)
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October 6, 2022
painted engine exhausts (thin coat of alclad2 burnt iron over flat black primer)
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December 8, 2022
Landing gear ready
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December 8, 2022
finaly glue top and bottom halfs together
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December 8, 2022
whole model in Mr finishing surfacer 1500 black
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December 8, 2022
whole model in Mr finishing surfacer 1500 black
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December 8, 2022
RAM paint in some areas
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December 8, 2022
preparing exhausts and refuel hub for final alclad paint
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December 8, 2022
paint almost done
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December 8, 2022
decaling of those walkways was real pain
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December 8, 2022
not that much decals on the bottom side
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December 8, 2022
landing gear fitted. Mains were a bit tricky, but after I've drilled holes on one side to slide it in it was not that much problem.
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December 8, 2022
almost finished from back
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December 8, 2022
exhausts painted in Alclad II Burnt Iron
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December 8, 2022
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December 8, 2022
all decals in place
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December 8, 2022
I need to polish out aquagloss over windows its a bit foggy
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December 8, 2022
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December 8, 2022
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December 8, 2022
all those photoedge details in gearbays and bombays gives model a bit more interest
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December 8, 2022

Comentarii

30 2 October 2022, 23:04

Scot R
Thanks for sharing your progress Lukas. I have the AMP kit on my stash. Have you found the fit pretty good, or do you see a lot of body fill on those wing sections?

4 October 2022, 17:24

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest!

4 October 2022, 17:48

Lukáš Sýkora
Scot R, thanks for interest.
Fitment generally isnt that bad, BUT almost every part has some flash and big moldlines (some more than milimeter) that had to be adressed to correctly fit parts together.
Also i found some mistakes in the instructions. Strongly advise dryfit everything together and check twice before even looking for glue.
For example in the instructions there is point where you are suposed to glue cockpit to the bomb bay which is totall wrong. Cockpit itself has to be glued to the upper half of fusellage (there is even location tab for it) also there are no part numbers on sprues only visual reference for numbers is sprue callout in the instructions. and there is not mentioned what part numbers are engine intake parts for left or right side (they looks similar but are not and does not fit properly if mixed up.)

5 October 2022, 22:26